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Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society IMPACT publishes monographs, collective volumes, and text books on topics in sociolinguistics. The scope of the series is broad, with special emphasis on areas such as language planning and language policies; language conflict and language death; language standards and language change; dialectology; diglossia; discourse studies; language and social identity (gender, ethnicity, class, ideology); and history and methods of sociolinguistics. For an overview of all books published in this series, please see http://benjamins.com/catalog/impact General Editor Ana Deumert University of Cape Town Advisory Board Peter Auer Marlis Hellinger University of Freiburg University of Frankfurt am Main Jan Blommaert Elizabeth Lanza Ghent University University of Oslo Annick De Houwer William Labov University of Erfurt University of Pennsylvania J. Joseph Errington Peter L. Patrick Yale University University of Essex Anna Maria Escobar Jeanine Treffers-Daller University of Illinois at Urbana University of the West of England Guus Extra Victor Webb Tilburg University University of Pretoria Volume 33 Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tradition, struggle and change Edited by Lilian Lem Atanga, Sibonile Edith Ellece, Lia Litosseliti and Jane Sunderland Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa Tradition, struggle and change Edited by Lilian Lem Atanga University of Dschang, Cameroon Sibonile Edith Ellece University of Botswana Lia Litosseliti City University London Jane Sunderland University of Lancaster John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam / Philadelphia TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of 8 the American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa : Tradition, struggle and change/ Edited by Lilian Lem Atanga, University of Dschang Cameroon ; Sibonile Edith Ellece, University of Botswana ; Lia Litosseliti, City University London ; Jane Sunderland, University of Lancaster. p. cm. (IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society, issn 1385-7908 ; v. 33) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Language and sex--Africa, Sub-Saharan. 2. Sexism in language--Africa, Sub- Saharan. 3. Sex role--Africa, Sub-Saharan. 4. Gender identity--Africa, Sub- Saharan. 5. Africa, Sub-Saharan--Languages. I. Atanga, Lilian Lem, editor of compilation. II. Ellece, Sibonile Edith, editor of compilation. III. Litosseliti, Lia, editor of compilation. IV. Sunderland, Jane, 1952- editor of compilation. P120.S48G46 2013 306.44081’0967--dc23 2012043063 isbn 978 90 272 1874 2 (Hb ; alk. paper) isbn 978 90 272 7230 0 (Eb) © 2013 – John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. · P.O. Box 36224 · 1020 me Amsterdam · The Netherlands John Benjamins North America · P.O. Box 27519 · Philadelphia pa 19118-0519 · usa We dedicate this collection to the children of the contributors: Anna, Bakani, Chawada, Davina, Emily, Jade, Joanna, John, Joshua M., Joshua R., Karabo, Katlego, Kofi, Koki, Kwame, Kyalo, Maja, Melina, Mbuya, Muli, Mwende, Mwendwa, Percy, Phatsimo, Suh, Thembiso and Thuto, our future; and to Laone, Lebo and Oaitse, in memoriam Table of contents Acknowledgements xi Gender and language in sub-Saharan Africa: A valid epistemology? 1 Lilian Lem Atanga, Sibonile Edith Ellece, Lia Litosseliti and Jane Sunderland Part 1. Gender and linguistic description chapter 1 Issues of language and gender in iweto marriage as practised by the Kamba in Kenya 29 Catherine Wawasi Kitetu and Angelina Nduku Kioko chapter 2 Language, gender and age(ism) in Setswana 53 Mompoloki Bagwasi and Jane Sunderland chapter 3 Variation with gender in the tonal speech varieties of Kera (Chadic) 79 Mary Pearce Part 2. Public settings and gendered language use chapter 4 Language, gender and social construction in a pre-school in Gaborone 97 Rose Letsholo chapter 5 Variation in address forms for Nigerian married and unmarried women in the workplace 117 Abolaji S. Mustapha viii Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa Part 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities chapter 6 A new South African man? Beer, masculinity and social change 131 Tommaso M. Milani and Mooniq Shaikjee chapter 7 The ‘Tinto’ image in contemporary Tswana songs: Masculinities in crisis? 149 Sibonile Edith Ellece chapter 8 Language and gender in popular music in Botswana 177 Rosaleen O. B. Nhlekisana Part 4. Gendered struggles and change chapter 9 Sex discourses and the construction of gender identity in Sesotho: A case study of police interviews of rape/sexual assault victims 205 Puleng Hanong Thetela (with additions from Sibonile Edith Ellece and Jane Sunderland) chapter 10 Student Pidgin: A masculine code encroached on by young women 217 Kari Dako chapter 11 Gendered linguistic choices among isiZulu-speaking women in contemporary South Africa 233 Stephanie Rudwick chapter 12 Homophobic language and linguistic resistance in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 253 Thabo Msibi Table of contents ix chapter 13 “I cannot be blamed for my own assault”: Ghanaian media discourses on the context of blame in Mzbel’s sexual assaults 275 Grace Diabah Part 5. Epilogue African feminism? 301 Lilian Lem Atanga Gender, sexuality and language in African contexts: Bibliography 315 Contributors 325 Index 327
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